Is the Guard worth joining?

September 3rd, 2012, 11:02 AM

I want to join the Guard but people are telling me that A) Downsizing is a issue for new enlistees. B) The Guard does not want new people and there is a long waiting list.
Is this true? I was looking at 68W and 88M.

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Question is inconsistent with your actual question. How you going to come to a pro-Army National Guard forum and ask if it is worth joining? Expecting to hear, "noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, you wasting your time! go away and come back in four years!"

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Question is inconsistent with your actual question. How you going to come to a pro-Army National Guard forum and ask if it is worth joining? Expecting to hear, "noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, you wasting your time! go away and come back in four years!"

He has a point...of course we are going to encourage you to not join!! You're on a pro-ARNG forum, lol. I haven't found anything horrendous about the guard. The army is what you make of it. If you start off with the right attitude and walk in on a positive note then it can carry you as far as you want it to.